The deviantART Stock Project with Fotolia challenges you to combine one regular Cat, one regular Fruit and one regular Clock into something amazing, funny or incredibly ridiculous.

You must use one each of the specific cats, clocks and fruit provided in the asset pack. Your entry can originate in any medium! These are stock pictures. You can trace them, draw them, photomanipulate them, stack them, cook them or even collage them!

Why three random categories and not ones that "go" together? Because if there wasn't a challenge it wouldn't be a contest and if it didn't require you to be creative it wouldn't be dA! Make us laugh or make us cryknock our socks off.

its not the difference marking them farther,,its the judge whos not reliable...if u read carefully the rules and not the taste of our eyes,,there so much entry violated the rule..thats the bottom point...for me i have my freedom to speak on it..because i can justify not only for myself but the entire contestant who silently go with the flow,,of the shame result..How wonder this mention artwork have signatory...an artist mark on the artworks.OMG please check them one by one.

And lastly some designer use the photo provided as reference,,,and thats the rule says? I dont think so?

I saw the signatures one, which could be because a lot didn't read the rules properly and could be easily rectified by the admins or the deviants.

however, that also applies to others who misinterpreted the rules, like you And lastly some designer use the photo provided as reference,,,and thats the rule says? I dont think so?They are allowed to use photos provided as reference.

I thought id share mine since everyones sharing lol and since i'm not doing anything cept for waiting [link] (my fave) and it looks like it's everyone elses best one of mine [link] (my 2nd fave) i believe I put 5 up this one was my last one

Do you people realize how futile it is to ask "OHMYGAWD, WHEN WILL THEY ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS"? No-FRICKIN'-body knows... If they knew, it would mean that we already see the results. Come on, since we are talking about a whole bunch of people working on the finalists' list, I'm sure it is not a matter of overall laziness or slackness. Give it a rest, already. I'm sure they have reasons for the delay. Don't forget that they are the ones that do us a favour with the contest, not the other way around.. Ok-ok, don't even start with: "but we had to face the deadline of entering, it's unfair to delay the results this much".... Again, they are the ones who do the favour, so don't complain...

I know it's taking forever, trust me, I'm wearing the same shoes, checking the site every half an hour... But come on, be more flexible and mature.

well as far as I know, it's been a week and many people will be mad eventually for long delay. Others really can't wait or have no patience, just ignore them and let them be. These people won't understand how it is like to decide something beautiful vs Awesome so they will know how hard this judges do.

With the number of submissions, it's logical that it would take a lot of time. Mind you they have other works to do as well in dA. If it took less time, people will be grumpy and say they didn't see all the works.

I disagree with you though on the "they are the ones who do the favour". If they had said the 13th and were late people would have a right to complain. You can't set rules and expect others to follow them (deadlines) but not follow them yourself (judging).

On the "favour" bit again. It's no favour. They're getting publicity A LOT of it. So really the money they give for the prizes they expect to get back plus a lot more. Thats called a business they are making money out of you and other thousands of people that took part or watched the contest while giving away a small amount of what they expect to profit from this. So no ones doing any favours and people should live up to what they say.

From official rules: "SELECTION OF WINNERS: Potential winners will be selected on or about April 13, 2011, from all eligible and qualified entries.". So it isn't precise 13th, and what does "about" mean? It's wide.

I respect you for your opinion, there are lots of valid things in what you've said... but. This is not the "ideal-business-type-of-scenario" here... Trust me, one of the streams I study is business, we've learned about these kinda stuff. No matter if we don't like it, those who announce the contests have the upper hand.. with business, you are bound with a contract, there is no accurate contract here, you cannot sue anyone for anything.and the favour-thing: That is not our 'business' what they get out of it, I was speaking for our part, exclusievely. Plus, it is not worth ranting about the delay, since the reasons for that are not revealed. I mean, if you 'promised" (let's face it, a promise is weaker than a contract) someone to do something, and you get hit by a bus, you don't expect your partner to be bossy and demanding, regardless of your situation. I'm not saying that the members had an accident, but I'd say it is wise to keep ourselves from ranting, since we cannot know the reasons...I'm sure they do not delay for the fun of it.

its not the difference marking them farther,,its the judge whos not reliable...if u read carefully the rules and not the taste of our eyes,,there so much entry violated the rule..thats the bottom point...for me i have my freedom to speak on it..because i can justify not only for myself but the entire contestant who silently go with the flow,,of the shame result..How wonder this mention artwork have signatory...an artist mark on the artworks.OMG please check them one by one.

And lastly some designer use the photo provided as reference,,,and thats the rule says? I dont think so?